Abstract: An apparatus with a base and support elements to hold the lid of a cooking vessel. The apparatus has an upright support element attached to the base via a base element, and the upright support element is prevented from rotating in relation to the base element by nature of projections on the upright support element and corresponding indentations on the base element. Further, the apparatus has a horizontal cross member affixed to an upper end of the upright support element, and a holding element extends outwardly at an angle therefrom. The holding element has one or more projections which serve to affix the holding element to the horizontal support element, which itself has apertures and indentations that are complementary in geometry to the projections of the holding element.

Abstract: Pallet shelf system (4) having at least two pallet decks, said system comprising at least two standard pallets (10a, 10b), each standard pallet comprising at least two fork pockets for receiving the forks of a forklift, at least four upright support posts (42a, 42b, 42c, 42d), two lower pallet base units (21a, 21b) comprising respective protrusions matching a respective fork pocket on a lower pallet (10a), and at least two upper pallet base units (41a, 41b), wherein two support frames (40a, 40b) are formed from said pallet base units and said upright support posts, said upper pallet base units (41a, 41b) supporting the upper pallet's outer pallet legs.

Abstract: A storage system comprising: a cartridge, said cartridge including an upright having mounted to one side a plurality of guide blocks; a plurality of first drawer information means for providing information on at least one of position and movement of respective drawers; and a plurality of latch mechanisms, said system further comprising a plurality of drawers, each said drawer including: guide block engaging means extending in a depth direction of the drawer and mounting a first side of the drawer adjacent a respective guide block; second drawer information means disposed adjacent the first drawer information means; and at least one stop on the first side of the drawer for engaging with a said latch mechanism, wherein the latch mechanisms are electronically controllable, whereby access to the drawers can be controlled.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-functional kitchen device. The device comprises a hollow body having a plurality of compartments; a plurality of first containers configured to be slidably received by a plurality of first compartments; a plurality of second containers configured to be slidably received by a plurality of second compartments; a first drawer configured to be slidably received by a third compartment; a second drawer configured to be slidably received by a fourth compartment; a plurality of kitchen accessories configured to be stored in the second drawer, each of the plurality of kitchen accessories is operable to fit onto one of the plurality of first containers; and a cover foldably coupled to the hollow body, the cover is configured to unfold to define a chopping board and fold to cover the plurality of first and second compartments.

Abstract: A heat pump inspection facilitating stand device supports a heat pump housing in an elevated position to inhibit debris from collecting on the housing wherein inspection of the housing and heat pump machine is facilitated. The device includes a stiff planar base ring wherein the base ring is configured to support a heat pump thereon. Each of a plurality of legs is coupled to and extends downwardly from a bottom surface of the base ring such that the base ring is supported in an elevated position. Each of a plurality of feet is coupled to and extends from a respective bottom end of an associated one of the legs and is structured to define an aperture extending through the foot for receiving an anchor therethrough for anchoring each foot to a footing.

Abstract: A pallet includes a deck and a plurality of supports below the deck. The pallet includes at least one frame extending upward from the deck. The at least one frame is pivotably secured to the deck, such that the at least one frame is pivotable from an upright position to a collapsed position. The deck may include at least one recess for receiving the at least one frame in the collapsed position.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a modular device for raising seedling that comprises at least two individual containers to receive a culture medium and a seedling, and at least a coupling member. Each of the individual containers is provided with at least a pair of the coupling bumps arranged on two opposing positions respectively on both lateral edges of the individual container, and is protruded at a predetermined height from a backside of the individual container. Each of the coupling members is provided with a mating groove which is arranged in extending around its longitudinal shape so as to form a serial connection of the individual containers by means of mating the coupling bump with the mating groove within the same coupling member between two adjacent individual containers.

Abstract: A data communication module tab is sufficiently compliant in off-axis directions that it resists damage from forces in such off-axis directions, yet is sufficiently rigid in the direction of its longitudinal axis that a person can insert the data communication module into a cage and withdraw it from a cage by pushing and pulling the tab, respectively.

Abstract: A greeting card display system and method presents cards in grouped arrangements by category and sub-category. Locator headers span multiple columns of a tiered matrix of card stations to define the area of a group of cards. Related groups of cards are relatively positioned in the display to facilitate customer location of cards of a particular category or subcategory. A header or megalocator, which defines a broad category or theme of cards such as “Birthday”, extends over all of the columns of card stations of the display. Separate locators, beneath the header, extend over some of the columns of card stations below the header, and define a subcategory of cards such as “Birthday for Her”. All of the cards under the subcategory locators are within the defined subcategory, until another locator is reached, defining another subcategory such as “Birthday for Mom”.

Abstract: A display rack mountable on a shelf of a store for showcasing first and second display boxes and wound flexible tubing. The display rack comprises front and rear support members. The display rack further comprises first, second, and third open sidewall support members each having a first end engaged with the front support member and a second end engaged with the rear support member. The display rack further comprises a first stall formed between the first and second open sidewall support members. The first stall is adapted to receive the first display box. The display rack further comprises a second stall formed between the second and third open sidewall support members. The second stall is adapted to receive the second display box. The front and rear support members support the front and rear portions of the first and second display boxes, respectively.

Abstract: A sliding drawer storage rack for cold storage units includes a rack body and a plurality of shelves operatively coupled to the rack body. A drawer defines a storage cavity and is configured to be supported for sliding movement by at least one of the plurality of shelves. A plurality of divider lips extends upwardly from the drawer to divide the storage cavity into a plurality of box receptacles sized to receive a storage box. At least some of the plurality of shelves are defined by opposing first and second L-shaped supports laterally spaced from each other and coupled to the rack body, thereby reducing material use and weight of the storage rack.

Abstract: A cold storage unit includes a side access storage rack for holding storage boxes. The storage rack includes a housing with a top wall, a bottom wall, and a rear side wall extending between the top and bottom walls to define a storage space. The storage rack also includes a plurality of vertical dividers extending from the rear side wall and a horizontal shelf configured to be engaged with the plurality of vertical dividers to split the storage space into a grid of box receptacles for the storage boxes. The horizontal shelf includes an angled front portion that is bent and is configured to frictionally engage divider slots in the vertical dividers to thereby hold the horizontal shelf in position with respect to the housing. This frictional engagement simplifies manufacturing and improves the functionality of the storage rack.

Abstract: A storage rack includes a U-shaped top constraint rod, a U-shaped bottom positioning rod, two oblique upper side rods respectively forwardly extended from two distal ends of the U-shaped top constraint rod, two oblique lower side rods respectively backwardly extended from respective bottom ends of the two oblique upper side rods and respectively connected to two distal ends of the U-shaped bottom positioning rod, and a transverse rod transversely connected between the two distal ends of the U-shaped bottom positioning rod.

Abstract: A cold storage unit such as a cryogenic dewar includes a tank with an opening, a storage space communicating with the opening, and a pool for liquid nitrogen positioned adjacent the storage space. The storage space receives a plurality of storage racks, each including a rack body with a rear wall and first and second sidewalls extending from the rear wall. The storage rack also includes a plurality of shelves, each shelf defined by a first lip punched from the first sidewall and a second lip punched from the second sidewall, the first and second lips being bent towards one another and spaced from one another. The shelves minimize the material and weight used in manufacturing the storage rack. Additionally, the storage rack is assembled with minimal spot welding required.

Abstract: A box includes a floor, two end walls and two side walls. In the floor, a plurality of openings are provided, which are dimensioned to each receive a supporting bar. The openings are arranged to evenly lift a carrier introduced into the box with supporting bars introduced into the openings and position the same at a position above the floor. A rack for receiving such a box includes a supporting frame and the plurality of supporting bars which are mountable to the supporting frame. Further, a system and a method for the presentation of products are described.

Abstract: A jewelry fixture having a mounting pedestal cooperatively engaged with the top side of a base is disclosed. First and second angled surface are cooperatively positioned on the top side of the base. The angled surfaces have a reflective or mirrored surface. The angled surfaces are positioned adjacent and perpendicular to each other. A jewelry holder allowing cooperative engagement with an item of jewelry is positioned between the angled surfaces and cooperatively engaged with the mounting pedestal on the top side of the base. The base has reference and prime positioning guides. The full-image jewelry positioner (fixture) improves the development of images for duplication or replication of jewelry or other items having detailed structures. When combined with a camera or a camera and a computer system, the images developed may be captured and manipulated for auto-tracing and duplication or replication of the item of jewelry.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a glove catch apparatus configured for connection to an existing glove dispenser. The glove catch apparatus comprises a frame, and access opening configured to permit access to a dispensing hole of the existing glove dispenser, and a well configured to catch dropped gloves dispensed from the glove dispenser. In addition, a glove dispenser, mountable to a wall, is disclosed. The glove dispenser comprises a well configured to catch dropped gloves dispensed from the glove dispenser.

Abstract: A container assembly, comprises a container, at least one compartment constructed and arranged to be carried by the container, a plurality of extendable legs operatively connected with the container, and a lock assembly. The at least one compartment is configurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The plurality of extendable legs support the container at a selected height. The lock assembly locks the legs and hence the container at the selected height.

Abstract: Wire-grid walls attachable to a stand or tool holding apparatus are configured to receive material holding apparatus, e.g., shelf baskets, disc holders, box holders, hooks, etc. The material holding apparatus may be configured to hold various material in an organized, open, and unobstructed manner to provide convenient access to the material.

Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of dispensing packages enables the packages to be independently removed and replaced. In one embodiment, the holding device includes a rear wall and a pair of sidewalls extending at an angle from said rear wall. The sidewalls each include a plurality of retaining elements, with each retaining element on one of said sidewalls being uniquely associated with a retaining element on the other sidewall. The rear wall of the holder may be selectively adjusted to vary the distance between opposing retaining elements. Each retaining element may separated from adjacent retaining elements so that each retaining element is independently flexible. Each retaining element may also include a retention hook that angles from the retaining element to hold a box behind the hook. The hook may additionally include a ramped surface that facilitates flexing of the retaining element as a box is inserted into the holder.

Abstract: A rack for storing elongate core sample boxes is formed from two separate frames each having three upright posts formed of tubular steel and a plurality of steel tubes extending across between the posts and welded to the posts. The frames can be transported in assembled form and then connected across the top and bottom of the uprights by metal bridging members with C-shaped inserts into the ends of the posts. The structure is held together and braced by diagonal braces which attach to tabs on the bridging members by a wedge drive into a slot in the tab.

Abstract: An equipment mounting frame comprising two side support structures of a selected height, each of which side support structures (a) comprises one or more upright members defining a width of that side support structure, and (b) comprises a foot structure extending from at least one end of the upright member(s), the foot structure defining a depth of that side support structure and extending across at least one quarter (preferably at least half, more preferably at least three quarters, especially preferably substantially all) of the said width, and (c) carries an upright series or row of fixing members, wherein the two side support structures are connectable together at a distance from each other to enable equipment trays or boxes to be mounted in superposed array between the side structures by means of the said fixing members, characterised in that the said side support structures each with the said foot structure(s) extending therefrom are formed to be nestable together when unconnected to each other for shipm

Abstract: A rack for supporting containers includes a pair of opposed side supports defining open front and rear ends. A plurality of canted rails for supporting containers are mounted on each of the opposed side supports. At least one stop member is mounted adjacent the front end of at least one of the rails to prevent containers from sliding out of the rack.

Abstract: A rack system having shelves configured to support a plurality of disposable animal cages may include a modular configuration that is adapted to easily provide a desired rack size during manufacturing. A rack system may also include shelves which are configured to receive disposable cages and which have spring biased rails configured to receive edges of the disposable cages and provide a spring bias pushing apertures of a cage against nozzles of the shelf to provide a seal therebetween. A rack system may also include shelves which are configured to receive disposable cages and which have resilient flexible lids configured to deflect for releasable engagement into the rack assembly and establish a seal between the nozzle and receptacle for a controllable flow of air therethrough.

Abstract: A combination storage rack includes a rack, which has transverse sliding rails symmetrically disposed therein at two sides and arranged in pairs at different elevations, and storage boxes slidably insertable into the rack at different elevations for storing things, each storage box having a top box frame that is a hard rectangular open frame supportable on one pair of transverse sliding rails in the rack and a flexible box body fastened to the top box frame for holding things.

Abstract: A holder or rack for storing and displaying a plurality of flat box-shaped articles, such as e.g.

Abstract: A locking assembly for securing and retaining a cage to a rack. The locking assembly is supported by a rack and includes a lock member. The lock member includes an obstruction member. The lock member is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position, wherein the default position of the lock member is the locked position. The lock member is designed and constructed such that the insertion of a person's hand into the hand space between the lock member and a cage is sufficient to cause the lock member to pivot into the unlocked position and move the obstruction member so that the cage can be removed from the rack.

Abstract: Pipette tip grids with holes for holding pipette tips and packages for the grids are provided. A pipette tip grid package comprises a grid, a base for supporting the grid, and a lock mechanism coupled to the grid and configured to externally engage with a sidewall of the base. The sidewall of the base also supports the grid. The package also can have a detachable cover for the grid, and, the lock mechanism can be external to the cover as well as the base. In some embodiments, the grids are stackable and the cover engages the topmost grid of the stack. Together, the cover, the base, and the sidewalls of the one or more stacked pipette tip grids form a protective case around pipette tips in the one or more grids.

Abstract: A rack for a test cell, with vertical posts and horizontal crossbars, wherein the crossbars are connected with their end sections to the posts. The posts and the crossbars have the form of box sections that are open towards the outside, are arranged in a spatial grid, and are connected with each other. The posts as well as the crossbars have passages that are associated with each other and that serve as passages for lines that are installed in the rack.

Abstract: A combination storage rack includes a rack, which has transverse sliding rails symmetrically disposed therein at two sides and arranged in pairs at different elevations, and storage boxes slidably insertable into the rack at different elevations for storing things, each storage box having a top box frame that is a hard rectangular open frame supportable on one pair of transverse sliding rails in the rack and a flexible box body fastened to the top box frame for holding things.

Abstract: An electric power steering system for a vehicle including a shaft assembly, a torque sensor assembly in operable communication with the shaft assembly, and a housing disposed around the torque sensor assembly. The shaft assembly includes a first shaft element, a second shaft element, and a torsion bar coupling the second shaft element to the first shaft element. At least one bearing is positioned between the first shaft element and the second shaft element for supporting a portion of the first shaft element within the housing. The housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion secured to the first housing portion by an interference fit formed between the first and second housing portions.

Abstract: A disposable glove dispenser bracket includes a back panel with a magnetic pad attached thereto for supporting the dispenser and lateral side panels with flanges to grip and hold a glove dispenser box. A biasing spring maintains the glove dispenser box appropriately positioned within the dispenser bracket.

Abstract: A replenishable merchandising display requires the product to be displayed for sale be loaded into modular receptacles at the manufacturer and that a merchandising display for receiving the modular receptacles be shipped to a retailer. The retailer then loads the modular receptacles containing product into the merchandising display and eventually replenishes the merchandising display once the product is depleted.

Abstract: A number of racks make up a stack. An upper rack includes releasable catches received into orifices in the next lower rack to releasably attach the two racks to one another. A loader and receptacle cooperate with one another to release the bottommost rack from the stack and deposit it into the receptacle where pipette cones held therein are accessible for use. The bottom rack is placed into the loader where it is held by catches engaging ribs of the rack. The stack of racks with the loader attached is placed onto the receptacle. The stack of racks is pressed downwardly. The downward movement releases the bottom rack from the loader. At the same time, studs projecting up from the bottom of the receptacle engage catches of the second-from-the-bottom rack and free the bottom rack. The bottom rack now rests freely in the receptacle.

Abstract: The CD box holder comprises a substantially flat base plate. A shelf is formed at the bottom to vertically support the CD box. At the top a push panel in combination with a locking panel are rotatably mounted. To utilize the Invention, the bottom edge of the CD box is inserted on the shelf and the top is pushed into the holder until it is held securely in place by the locking panel. To remove the CD box, the locking panel is rotated up and the push panel pushes the CD box out from the holder.